The Lincoln County News

The Sycamore, a steel, two-masted schooner built in the backyard of Fred and Mary Bowers’ Alna home, was lowered into the water at Ocean Point Marina in East Boothbay on Thursday, Aug. 3. “It floats!” shouted family and friends who gathered to celebrate the completion of Fred’s lifelong dream.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is actively searching for a driver who fled the scene of an accident on Mills Road in Newcastle the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 9.

A Farmingdale man is in stable condition after his motorcycle collided with a pick-up truck the early evening of Tuesday, Aug. 8 on Route 1 in Wiscasset, Wiscasset Police Officer Craig Worster said.

Tim Flanagan, of Wiscasset, has retired after 46 years as a teacher and 40 years at Wiscasset High School, now Wiscasset Middle High School.

At 38, Jason Warlick is the first to admit he is a “young chief with a lot of learning to do,” but he plans to work hard to strengthen the Damariscotta Police Department’s relationship with the community and residents of all ages.

“You’re going to learn a lot about my mother today that not many people know about,” Barnaby Porter told a crowd of 30 people in Skidompha Public Library’s Porter Meeting Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 8. The event was a 100th birthday celebration for the late children’s book author and illustrator Barbara Cooney.

During the board’s Monday, Aug. 7 meeting, Damariscotta Planning Board member Shari Sage proposed an amendment to the town’s sign ordinance that would prohibit the use of “open-face LED signage, changeable or static” within Damariscotta.

A Round Pond woman faces charges of operating under the influence and endangering the welfare of a child after a single-vehicle accident in Damariscotta on Tuesday, Aug. 8.

There was standing room only at the Damariscotta Planning Board meeting on Monday, Aug. 7, as a Portland developer presented his proposal for the property at 435 Main St.

The DamBluesFest marked its 10th year last weekend at a new venue, and despite the initial doubts of founder and promoter Paul Sidelinger, appears likely to return for an 11th.

Descendants of the Segerstrom family and representatives of the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and the town of Westport Island gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the Carl and Barbara Segerstrom Preserve at Squam Creek to the public Sunday, Aug. 6.

Days after the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen spoke against pursuing a moratorium on commercial development, residents submitted a petition to the town to enact a temporary ban on new buildings for retail use larger than 2,500 square feet and any new construction, expansion, or use that requires town approval.